differentiate as inferior those planets (Mercury and Venus) whose epicycle remained co-linear with the Earth and Sun, and as superior those planets (Mars, Jupiter...

seen from the inferior planet. The terms "inferior conjunction" and "superior conjunction" are used in particular for the planets Mercury and Venus, which...

his system had both the Earth and the Planets orbiting a single point, the ancient Greeks did not consider Earth a "planet." In the time before Galileo...

with Earth and the Sun, compared to the 'superior' planets (Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn) that did not. The four inner or terrestrial planets have dense...

Evans, James (2012). "On the Pin-and-Slot Device of the Antikythera Mechanism, with a New Application to the Superior Planets" (PDF). Journal for the History...

phase angle, which is the angle between the planet, the Sun and the Earth. The two inferior planets, Mercury and Venus, which have orbits that are smaller...

the date and time of greatest elongation requires a much more complicated analysis of orbital mechanics. Superior planets, dwarf planets and asteroids...

Five planets can be seen with the naked eye: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, the Greek names being Hermes, Aphrodite, Ares, Zeus and Cronus...

two planets align on the same side of the Sun. At inferior conjunction, the superior planet is "in opposition" to the Sun as seen from the inferior planet...

two planets or a planet and a star appear to meet each other three times during a brief period, either in opposition or at the time of inferior conjunction...

Mirages can be categorized as "inferior" (meaning lower), "superior" (meaning higher) and "Fata Morgana", one kind of superior mirage consisting of a series...

has eight planets by the most restrictive definition of the term: the terrestrial planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, and the giant planets Jupiter...

same uniform direction. Although planets can sometimes be mistaken for stars as one observes the night sky, the planets actually change position from night...

Earth's, while the inferior planets (Mercury and Venus) orbit the Sun inside Earth's orbit. A transit may occur when an inferior planet passes through a...

Moon and Venus, Mercury exhibits phases as seen from Earth. It is "new" at inferior conjunction and "full" at superior conjunction. The planet is rendered...

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the Sun – inferior if Venus is nearer and superior if farther. The distance between Venus and Earth varies from about 42 million km (at inferior conjunction)...

(see lunar phases), Venus and Mercury the phase angle (as seen from the Earth) covers the full 0–180° range. The superior planets cover shorter ranges. For...

The Nine8 Planets: A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System (Appendix 7: "Hypothetical Planets") converted to HTML by Bill Arnett. "The Planet Vulcan", Scientific...

planets, an orb of 5-10° is allowed. Typically, with a Square, Trine or Sextile, the outer or superior planet has an effect on the inner or inferior planet...

messages. The crew members of the Cosmos are portrayed as superior. The Centaurians as inferior. The crew are clearly all-white. They dress in tidy white...

Lebesgue) of the limit inferior and the limit superior of a sequence of functions to the limit inferior and the limit superior of integrals of these functions...

Planet of the Apes is a science fiction media franchise consisting of films, books, television series, comics, and other media about a post-apocalyptic...

veil over her face) and a double cubed altar. Where Binah is known as the Superior Mother, Malkuth is referred to as the Inferior Mother. It is also referred...

are a rare event in deserts and are a good precondition for creating a mock/superior mirage of the setting sun. Inferior mirage is the most common mirage...

speed and direction of the apparent motion of the Moon, Sun, and planets. In particular it explained the apparent retrograde motion of the five planets known...

The planet also changes in apparent size from 9.9 arc seconds at full (superior conjunction) up to a maximum of 68 arc seconds at new (inferior conjunction)...

Moon or an inferior planet is exactly half-lit as viewed from Earth. For the Moon, this occurs slightly before one quarter Moon orbit and slightly after...

space and prevents him from being a threat to other planets and populated sections of the universe. Years later, Ego gains control of the engine and tracks...

the Superior Spider-Man in a series written by Christos Gage and illustrated by Mike Hawthorne, and again in 2023 in a new series by Dan Slott, and Spider-Man:...